SCP and SFTP Cheat Sheet

scp ./app.tar.gz user@example.com:/tmp/

# Copy a local file to a remote host.

scp user@example.com:/var/log/app.log ./

# Copy a remote file to the current directory.

scp -r ./site/ user@example.com:/var/www/site/

# Copy a full directory tree to a remote host.

scp -P 2222 ./file.txt user@example.com:/tmp/

# Specify an alternate SSH port for scp.

scp -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 ./file.txt user@example.com:/tmp/

# Specify a private key file for transfers.

scp -p ./file.txt user@example.com:/tmp/

# Keep file times and modes during copy.

scp -J bastion.example.com ./db.dump user@private.internal:/tmp/

# Transfer via a bastion host.

sftp user@example.com

# Start an interactive SFTP shell.

sftp -P 2222 user@example.com

# Specify a non-default SSH port for SFTP.

sftp -b batch.txt user@example.com

# Execute SFTP commands from a batch file.

reget backup.tar.gz

# Continue downloading a partially transferred file.

reput backup.tar.gz

# Continue uploading a partially transferred file.

put ./archive.zip /tmp/archive.zip

# Put a file during an interactive session.

get /var/log/app.log ./app.log

# Get a file during an interactive session.